According to Nikkei News, Fujitsu and RIKEN plan to launch a quantum computer product in fiscal year 2023, and Fujitsu will be the first Japanese company to launch a quantum computer product.
Fujitsu began its collaboration with RIKEN in April last year, with about 20 researchers involved in the project, and the company expects the product to be launched in fiscal 2023 (counting from April this year) and will first be used in the company’s internal financial forecasting as well as in new materials and drug development, the report said.
Fujitsu is already conducting joint research on material design with photoresist maker Fujifilm to explore quantum computing applications, and plans to import further partners.
The report reveals that Fujitsu quantum computers will use the more mature low-temperature superconducting circuit technology route, which has been successfully implemented in Google and IBM products.
For quantum computing scale commercialization, Google to 2029 as a mileage node, drug and materials research and development as an important application scenario, Boston Consulting Group estimates that by 2040, quantum computing can create $ 850 billion in economic benefits in the above application areas each year.
The Nikkei analysis says that Japanese companies that can leverage their strengths in technologies such as superconductivity will have a chance to gain a foothold in the quantum computer competition.
The report also shows that Fujitsu’s prototype under development will be able to operate 64 quantum bits, and the company hopes to produce devices with 1,000 quantum bits by 2027.
